To know, not now,
to believe, then only
So certain, I was,
in my youth
Now then does,
begin old age.
This, then, uncertainty.
T'is a good thing?
This uncertainty?
Comes a stretching.
Thus a reaching.
Rest, not, now.
No sense of piece.
Must now strive,
to gather then thus.
The pieces.
Not to rest,
then to strive.
The answers, then come,
increasingly still.
Thus then, now.
Only, to believe.
4 For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in storethat he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;
5 And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work.
6 Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence.
7 Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Amen. (Doctrine and Covenants 4)
It struck me today an additional meaning of this scripture. I am learning some of the process Joseph used in restoring the church.
He gathered it more like Ruth the gleaner then fully firmed ex nihilo.
The notebooks where the early text begin to form show signs of collaboration almost like he was seeking spiritual confirmation from others he had learned to trust.
Joseph saught to democratize the prophetic voice. He wanted all to have a revelation.
